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iPod on Windows and Macs
I use my iPod with both also. Format the iPod for Windows and it will work flawlessly on both machines. When I bought my iPod, the APPLE sales person at CompUSA told me there was no way to use the iPod with both platforms. I told him I was pretty sure he was wrong. He said no he wasn't, and I especially would NOT be able to use it between a Win2k machine and my Powerbook with OS 9. He was absolutely wrong. I installed the software on the PC and formatted the iPod. Then I plugged it into the Powerbook. It shows up on the desktop and works just like a disc drive, and plays the songs from it with the iTunes for OS 9. You should have seen his face when I took my PC iPod back to his store and plugged it into one of their new Powerbooks. He almost fell on the floor. I even copied songs from their machine to my iPod!!!!!
While some people may complain about not supporting WMA files, or other lack of features, I find iTunes to be excellent. It truly makes all other music software unnecessary. The first thing I did after the install was to dump that junk called MusicMatch Jukebox. It would install my music in alphabetical order on the iPod. Even listen to an album in ALPHABETICAL order?? Talk about random. I dumped all 8 gigs of tunes and reinstalled them on my iPod and guess what?!! The songs are in the order of the album. So while some may complain about this or that about iTunes, I absolutely love it. It's not just about music sales, and competing with other PC-only music sites, it's about ease of use and simple support for the iPod. Apple has done more to get me excited about music I already own than anything the recording industry or Microsoft will ever do. Way to go Apple.
Posted by: tlyon   Posted on: 10/18/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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iTunes works on Win2k Pro for me  sargon_z | 10/17/03
win2k here too  blahblahblah | 10/18/03
iPod on Windows and Macs  tlyon | 10/18/03
win computers  cvos | 10/17/03
Time to upgrade  lmaxwell | 10/19/03
Time to upgrade  d_jedi | 10/19/03
W2K Pro for games  dscherf | 10/20/03
what he said...  toadlife | 10/20/03
Actually  Arrg | 10/20/03
Microsoft doesn't even support Win98  BitTwiddler | 10/19/03
Why would anyone care what MS supports?  mds_z | 10/21/03
Windows iTunes problems  tom_markel@... | 10/17/03
RE: Windows iTunes problems  CooCooCaChoo | 10/17/03
No problems here  Rick_K | 10/17/03
The fix...  iKenny | 10/17/03
Re the fix/win problems  applelover | 10/19/03
Format support is limited!  spydrlink@... | 10/18/03
WMA  tlyon | 10/18/03
why...  spydrlink@... | 10/20/03
re: why  JakAttak | 10/20/03
wma  ctk76 | 10/18/03
So True re WMA...  The Real Bitch | 10/18/03
Also...  The Real Bitch | 10/18/03
You know little of WMA  KTLA | 10/18/03
Your ears are your ears  BitTwiddler | 10/19/03
Then you must be using Ogg Vorbis  d_jedi | 10/19/03
Best news yet  Rick_K | 10/18/03
WMA Proprietary  mgescuro | 10/18/03
MP3 and AAC are "proprietary"  Fred Fredrickson | 10/19/03
proprietary but open  tic swayback | 10/20/03
Just use both  Anthony Frausto-Robledo | 10/19/03
WMA has no future  Anthony Frausto-Robledo | 10/19/03
re:WMA has no future  flynnclu | 10/19/03
Fair enough  Fred Fredrickson | 10/19/03
Correct!!!  mjsla | 10/20/03
MP4 is open source????  Iain_Peters | 10/21/03
It's not Open Source...  dscherf | 10/21/03
MP3 is better than WMA!  d_jedi | 10/19/03
MP3 Searches  Nigel Johnstone | 10/18/03
well  doh123 | 10/18/03
Reread what you just wrote  Nigel Johnstone | 10/18/03
No problems on XP Pro  issthatso | 10/18/03
ITunes: completely unimpressed  Unicornrider | 10/18/03
ITunes: completely unimpressed  cjohn17 | 10/18/03
Wrong atitude  Anthony Frausto-Robledo | 10/19/03
Wrong atitude  cjohn17 | 10/19/03
ya  Arrg | 10/20/03
Who are you to judge  d_jedi | 10/19/03
Must be your computer  Rick_K | 10/18/03
Boy, this is weird  Anthony Frausto-Robledo | 10/19/03
Yes, odd  Mikael_z | 10/19/03
You are absolutely right  BitTwiddler | 10/19/03
You are forgetting one thing...  toadlife | 10/20/03
I agree...  cjohn17 | 10/19/03
Well, then fix your system  BitTwiddler | 10/19/03
iTunes  cjohn17 | 10/18/03
I-Tunes screwed with my sound drivers...  toadlife | 10/18/03
I-Tunes screwed with my sound drivers...  cjohn17 | 10/19/03
ABMer alert!  d_jedi | 10/19/03
Defensive, aren't we.  frgough@... | 10/20/03
Never thought of that...  toadlife | 10/20/03
but then there is still...  toadlife | 10/20/03
Newer iPods  Rick_K | 10/20/03
Sorry  toadlife | 10/19/03
Yes there is  frgough@... | 10/20/03
(NT)FreeBSD not OS X  toadlife | 10/20/03
iTunes is great  MYOB | 10/18/03
itunes fine on XP  JonArnold | 10/19/03
Worked great for me on WinXP  Anthony Frausto-Robledo | 10/19/03
Worked great for me on WinXP  cjohn17 | 10/19/03
Crashes Windows? What's new.  rkadowns | 10/19/03
what?  lmaxwell | 10/19/03
Doesn't matteer....  Rick_K | 10/19/03
Crashes Windows? What's new  d_jedi | 10/19/03
OS shouldn't let apps crash system  dscherf | 10/20/03
It's a driver issue  toadlife | 10/20/03
Agreed  dscherf | 10/21/03
Works great here  BitTwiddler | 10/19/03
Another thing I-Tunes did to my PC  toadlife | 10/19/03
Mate, get a Mac!  JonArnold | 10/21/03
Almost as good as the Mac Version  Len Rooney | 10/20/03
Yawn, since u think Windows is evil,  FilledOut | 10/20/03
iTunes locks up frequently  jeff_c_brown | 10/20/03
Not Dell's  tic swayback | 10/20/03
Not ready for prime time  apoor | 10/20/03
One of biggest drawbacks of iTunes  FirstNLastN | 10/20/03
tough call for apple  tic swayback | 10/20/03
Politics  FirstNLastN | 10/20/03
just my opinion  tic swayback | 10/20/03
Apple goes under  bobbyw | 10/20/03
not a problem  tic swayback | 10/20/03
Non-issue  frgough@... | 10/20/03
All these "What If's"  Rick_K | 10/20/03
a few things  alpha11@... | 10/20/03
Huh?  Rick_K | 10/20/03
Installation, WMA, User Experience...  Predrag Vasic | 10/20/03
Why the iTMS exists  tic swayback | 10/20/03
XP and 2K  mjsla | 10/20/03
XP Pro/Norten Internet Security  A Consumer | 10/20/03
Over 1 million downloads  Len Rooney | 10/20/03
iTunes for Windows...  mlindl | 10/20/03
Yes, it is true  MarcB_z | 10/21/03
holding out for roxio's napster service. it always  afterbrnr | 10/20/03
it's not napster  tic swayback | 10/20/03

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